Aesthetic Attitude and Experience

1 Abril 2022, 14:00 • Carlos João Correia

1. What is the aesthetic attitude?

Aesthetic vs. Utilitarian emotions

Kant on disinterest

Schopenhauer on disinterest

The feeling of release view

Stolnitz and disinterested attention

Dickie and the myth of the aesthetic attitude

Aesthetic experience and instrumental attention

2. The valuing view of aesthetic experience

Aesthetic experience and valuing of the experience (Iseminger, Scruton)

Problems with the notion of intrinsic value of artistic experience (Carroll)

Aesthetic experience and mere instrumental valuing (Carroll)

The problem of negative aesthetic experiences (and indifferent ones)